Specificity of the commonly used enzymatic assay for plasma cholesterol determination

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 859-861

  Moghadasian, M H ^a   Frohlich, J J ^a   Scudamore, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; STIGMASTEROL;

ARTICLE; CEREBROTENDINOUS XANTHOMATOSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLORIMETRY; CROSS REACTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENZYME ASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC DISORDER; LINEAR SYSTEM; LIPID COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SITOSTEROLEMIA;

CHOLESTEROL; COLORIMETRY; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; PHYTOSTEROLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROLS;

EID: 0036847484     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.11.859     Document Type: Article

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